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Senior Core Technologies Engineer

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about 4 hours ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior
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Responsibilities

  • Own high-impact work on Elasticsearch at scale, including index design and performance tuning.
  • Collaborate with domain experts to shape technical direction and infrastructure.
  • Autonomously execute high-impact projects, including writing application code and improving observability.
  • Contribute to all phases of software development from ideation to implementation.
  • Mentor and support the career development of other engineers.
  • Raise technical standards and operational excellence across the organization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a production environment with distributed systems.
  • Strong experience with Elasticsearch and other backend technologies like MySQL.
  • Good judgment around Elasticsearch operations, scaling patterns, and migrations.
  • Proficient in software engineering methodologies including unit testing and code reviews.
  • Experience as a technical lead for large projects and defining roadmaps.
  • Ability to learn quickly and solve complex problems independently.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up.
  • Free lunch and snacks provided every weekday.
  • Regular compensation reviews to reward great work.
  • Unlimited access to AI tools and encouragement for experimentation.
  • Pension scheme with a match up to 4%.
  • Comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Flexible paid time off policy.
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave.
  • Cycle-to-Work Scheme with secure bike storage.
  • Standard MacBooks provided, with Windows options available for certain roles.

Tech Stack

ElasticsearchLinuxMySQLRuby on Rails

Categories

BackendData EngineeringDevOps